LAS VEGAS — A British man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. federal court to trying to grab a police officer’s gun and open fire at a June campaign rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump in Las Vegas.
Standing before a judge in orange jail clothes with the word “detainee” across his back, Michael Steven Sandford acknowledged that he has been treated in the past for mental illness.
Court documents said Sandford previously told a federal agent that he drove from California to Las Vegas with a plan to kill Trump.
Sentencing was set for Dec. 13 and Sandford was ordered to remain in federal custody.
